How do you play pocket Aces

[Upright Bill]

So far in this session I have lost every hand where I help pocket Aces. This is how I typically play them. Comments?

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 caps</font>, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls.

MP1 had seen 82% of the flops and raised preflop 50% of the time. It had been working for him only in that he had stolen the blinds pretty consistently.

Flop: (13.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

I now put UTG+2 on a pair of J.

MP1's raise concerned me, but he'd been a maniac all evening so I decided to watch him on the turn.

Turn: (11.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

UTG+2 checked to I was now convinced that he had a pair of J and has decided to just ride it out.

MP1 backed off so I discounted him as just playing his usual game.

River: (14.25 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG+2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP1 calls.

When UTG+2 bet I assumed he was bluffing, trying to buy the pot, or he really thought his pair of J were good..

Final Pot: 22.25 BB

[Chris Daddy Cool]

if this guy (MP1) is a drunken SFer idiot maniac, then i'd like to see every single street capped.

[sfer]

&lt;hick&gt;

[sin808]

it was mp1 that bet the river, not utg+2.

[Upright Bill]

Yes, typing and playing. Causes silly mistakes and lots of spelling errors.

[sin808]

ok..so does that change your read on him on the river at all? I'd figure after the action he had given earlier in the hand that bluffing would be somewhat less likely...I may be wrong, but that would be my first impression.

[SoCalPat]

Even maniacs catch a ragged 2 pair on the river every now and then. Or chase down a set.

Because he's a maniac, he could have anything. I don't mind the river raise, but when he reraises you just call him down. I would have to have a slightly stronger hand than an overpair to get into a raising war here on the river against a player who'll play/raise any hand at any time.

[Upright Bill]

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Even maniacs catch a ragged 2 pair on the river every now and then. Or chase down a set.

Because he's a maniac, he could have anything. I don't mind the river raise, but when he reraises you just call him down. I would have to have a slightly stronger hand than an overpair to get into a raising war here on the river against a player who'll play/raise any hand at any time.

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Yeah, and sometimes a pocket pair of 8's. Biggest lesson I (re)learned with this hand is "Even a {fish, maniac, ...} gets a hand sometimes."

[Shillx]

Jackpot table. We were so close!

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero checks.

Flop: (2.40 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (1.20 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (3.20 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.20 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ad As (four of a kind, aces).
Button has Qc Qd (full house, queens full of aces).
Outcome: Hero wins 11.20 BB. </font>

[Vern]

I thought he was gonna flip over K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], nice hand [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]